Theatre Practitioner - Recovery
Nuffield HealthBristol, South West
Overview
This is a NHS role (permanent) with Nuffield Health based in Bristol. The advertised salary is £42,000 to £42,000. Applications close on 3 November 2026. GovJobs has indexed this vacancy from its official source — use the apply button to view the full advert and apply directly.
Job description
Theatre Practitioner - Recovery Bristol Hospital | Recovery | Permanent | Part | Includes weekend work Up to £42,000 pro rata, depending on experience...
As a Theatre Practitioner in Recovery, you will:
Work with leading consultants and like-minded professionals
Enjoy a varied caseload with state-of-the-art technology, equipment and facilities
Supervise, support and develop junior members of staff
Create high-quality care and patient experiences that are clinically effective and evidence based
Provide compassionate post-operative care, ensuring patients are safe and comfortable during their recovery
Participate in maintaining a sterile operating environment and adhering to all safety protocols
Collaborate with surgical teams to ensure smooth transitions from theatre to recovery, and interact closely with colleagues on the ward
Monitor patients' vital signs and manage their recovery from anaesthesia safely and effectively
Have ample opportunities for continuous growth and personal development
Helping you feel good.
We want you to love coming to work, feeling healthy, happy and valued. That's why we've developed a benefits package with you in mind. Here, you can choose from a range of fitness, lifestyle, health and fitness wellbeing rewards, such as free gym membership, health assessments, retail discounts and pension options. At Nuffield Health, we take care of what's important to you.
Theatre Practitioner - Recovery
Bristol Hospital | Recovery | Permanent | Part | Includes weekend work
Up to £42,000 pro rata, depending on experience
30 hours per week
Nuffield Health is the UK's largest Healthcare Charity. From our innovative healthcare and leisure facilities to our community access programmes, we're committed to building a healthier nation. Inside our award-winning hospitals, this starts with commitment to quality and the highest standards of patient care. It starts with you.
As a Theatre Practitioner / ODP in Recovery at our hospital, you'll be alert, focused, detail-oriented and empathetic. You're registered with the appropriate governing body, and you bring the qualifications and experience relevant to your registration, including NMC or HCPC. With post-registration experience, you're a team player with a passion for exceptional patient care.
As a Theatre Practitioner in Recovery, you will:
- Work with leading consultants and like-minded professionals
- Enjoy a varied caseload with state-of-the-art technology, equipment and facilities
- Supervise, support and develop junior members of staff
- Create high-quality care and patient experiences that are clinically effective and evidence based
- Provide compassionate post-operative care, ensuring patients are safe and comfortable during their recovery
- Participate in maintaining a sterile operating environment and adhering to all safety protocols
- Collaborate with surgical teams to ensure smooth transitions from theatre to recovery, and interact closely with colleagues on the ward
- Monitor patients' vital signs and manage their recovery from anaesthesia safely and effectively
- Have ample opportunities for continuous growth and personal development
Helping you feel good.
We want you to love coming to work, feeling healthy, happy and valued. That's why we've developed a benefits package with you in mind. Here, you can choose from a range of fitness, lifestyle, health and fitness wellbeing rewards, such as free gym membership, health assessments, retail discounts and pension options. At Nuffield Health, we take care of what's important to you.
Bristol Hospital
Situated in the beautiful village of Clifton, Nuffield Health Bristol Hospital- The Chesterfield, has a long and distinguished history of looking after the people of Bristol. With the latest equipment, and designed to meet the needs of all of our patients, we are constantly developing our services to ensure our patients receive the finest quality treatment. A 30 private bed hospital which houses 3 digital theatres and combines leading-edge clinical facilities with an outstanding customer experience.
Join Nuffield Health and create the future you want, today.
If you like what you see, why not start your application now? We consider applications as we receive them and reserve the right to close adverts early (for example, where we have received an unprecedented high volume of applications). So, it's a good idea to apply right away to ensure you're considered for this role.
It starts with you.
Bristol Hospital
Situated in the beautiful village of Clifton, Nuffield Health Bristol Hospital- The Chesterfield, has a long and distinguished history of looking after the people of Bristol. With the latest equipment, and designed to meet the needs of all of our patients, we are constantly developing our services to ensure our patients receive the finest quality treatment. A 30 private bed hospital which houses 3 digital theatres and combines leading-edge clinical facilities with an outstanding customer experience.
Join Nuffield Health and create the future you want, today.
If you like what you see, why not start your application now? We consider applications as we receive them and reserve the right to close adverts early (for example, where we have received an unprecedented high volume of applications). So, it's a good idea to apply right away to ensure you're considered for this role.
It starts with you.
Essential: - As a Theatre Practitioner / ODP in Recovery at our hospital, you'll be alert, focused, detail-oriented and empathetic. You're registered with the appropriate governing body, and you bring the qualifications and experience relevant to your registration, including NMC or HCPC. With post-registration experience, you're a team player with a passion for exceptional patient care.
Essential: - Nuffield Health is the UK's largest Healthcare Charity. From our innovative healthcare and leisure facilities to our community access programmes, we're committed to building a healthier nation. Inside our award-winning hospitals, this starts with commitment to quality and the highest standards of patient care. It starts with you.
How this role compares
We hold 965 NHS vacancies in South West that publish a salary, and their median advertised starting figure is £34,098. This role pays more than about 69% of them.
There are 13,012 NHS roles open across the UK on GovJobs right now, 1,546 of them in South West.
You have 13 days left to apply. NHS adverts we hold typically run for around 46 days, so this is a shorter window than usual.
Nuffield Health has 146 other vacancies open on GovJobs, with a breakdown of what they pay and the kinds of roles they recruit for.
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